Seems I'm currently not on an award committee, I can a lot more choice in what books I get to read this year. It's very exciting.
As such, this year I set my reading goal bars fairly low-- I want my free choice reading to continue to feel like a free choice. (There are some caveats-- there is a staff reading challenge at work this year designed to get everyone to read outside their comfort zone, a lot is dictated by reviewing, etc.) But, there are a few areas I want to improve in--mainly making sure I am reading diversely and reading books I own. So, concrete goals:
1. 40% of my reading should be by or about people who are non-white, religious but non-Christian, LGBTQIA+, neuro-atypical, or physically disabled.
2. 10 books should be translated into English from another language.
3. 20% of my reading should be books that I own. (This not include ARCs. It does include books that I haven't purchased yet.)
Based on my reading stats from last year, these all require a bit of stretching, but are totally doable. With much of my reading assigned by committee work, I still managed to have 35% of my reading be diverse and 15% be books I own. I read 6 translated books.
Doing the math for the first two months of the year, 48% of my reading has been diverse, 15% has been stuff I own, and I've read 1 book in translation.
What are your reading goals this year?
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Sunday, March 04, 2018
Taps Mic... is this thing still on?
Hello? Still there?
It's been almost two years since I last posted here. In the last few months I've really missed this blog, both as a record of my reading life, but also creating it. I've been struggling with what this blog would look like ever since it turned 10 and I had some burnout and committee work and professional reviewing have changed the nature of what I can post. I don't have any good answers to that right now, so we'll see!
There's some new stuff going on since my last post.
A few weeks after my last post, I had a baby! (So now I have one in elementary school and a toddler. Life is not at all crazy!)
I transferred to a new position in my library system. I'm now in my dream job of collection development, which is super fun. (The super basic explanation of what I do is I buy the books for the library. There's a team of us, and I'm in charge of the titles for younger readers. I also do ao lot to promote the collection-- remember when I made all those booklists? I get to do that now as part of my day job.)
Committee work! I was on the Margaret A Edwards Award Committee-- be sure to read all of Angela Johnson's work--it's amazing. I also got to chair the Junior/Senior High Nonfiction Committee for the CYBILS again this year. I was also a 2nd round judge.
I also picked up some new reviewing things. So I am now regularly reviewing for School Library Journal, Library Journal, and Booklist. I love reviewing when someone assigns me books, as it has me discovering titles I might not have otherwise picked up.
Anyway, stay tuned for more book-related content!
Links to Amazon are an affiliate link. You can help support Biblio File by purchasing any item (not just the one linked to!) through these links. Read my full disclosure statement.
It's been almost two years since I last posted here. In the last few months I've really missed this blog, both as a record of my reading life, but also creating it. I've been struggling with what this blog would look like ever since it turned 10 and I had some burnout and committee work and professional reviewing have changed the nature of what I can post. I don't have any good answers to that right now, so we'll see!
There's some new stuff going on since my last post.
A few weeks after my last post, I had a baby! (So now I have one in elementary school and a toddler. Life is not at all crazy!)
I transferred to a new position in my library system. I'm now in my dream job of collection development, which is super fun. (The super basic explanation of what I do is I buy the books for the library. There's a team of us, and I'm in charge of the titles for younger readers. I also do ao lot to promote the collection-- remember when I made all those booklists? I get to do that now as part of my day job.)
Committee work! I was on the Margaret A Edwards Award Committee-- be sure to read all of Angela Johnson's work--it's amazing. I also got to chair the Junior/Senior High Nonfiction Committee for the CYBILS again this year. I was also a 2nd round judge.
I also picked up some new reviewing things. So I am now regularly reviewing for School Library Journal, Library Journal, and Booklist. I love reviewing when someone assigns me books, as it has me discovering titles I might not have otherwise picked up.
Anyway, stay tuned for more book-related content!
Links to Amazon are an affiliate link. You can help support Biblio File by purchasing any item (not just the one linked to!) through these links. Read my full disclosure statement.
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